Avenue Q to close in April 2019

[sppunk]

After a run of 15 years, Avenue Q is closing. What a run for a great show.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/theater/avenue-q-musical-closing.html#click=https://t.co/mEZzYpGp0t

[HeyMrMusic]

Wow! I know “everything in life is only for now,” but this one sure stuck around for what seemed like forever. Congrats, Avenue Q! This show truly defied all the odds.

[LightsOut90]

beyond heartbroken 

[LuPita2]

What a run. What a show. Incredible.

[LightsOut90]

For anyone that wants to return one more time, Telecharge Offers Code AQPBLSUM6 for $59 Orchestra seats! Wont be surprised if that gets pulled soon! 

[Miles2Go2]

Brava! Congrats on a wonderful run. I’ve seen twice (never in NYC), most recently in a college production this year where I fell in love with it all over again.

[HogansHero]

What an impressive run, fueled by some of the smartest producing around. Congrats indeed. 

[RippedMan]

So sad! Thought this would run for forever. Such a great show.

[Fetus]

I saw this show for the first time while I was in college and it really resonated with me in a way other comedic shows haven't. Hats off to a wonderful 15 years.

[lightguy06222]

saw the original broadway cast.  saw the original VEGAS cast.  saw it at New World Stages.  what an incredible life this show has lived.  

 

I wonder what the current line in "FOR NOW" is... can anyone enlighten me?  trump related I hope.

[steven22]

Saw this 2x at the golden and then 2x at NWS. Maybe they’re moving out, making way for Jagged Little Pill?

[uncageg]

lightguy06222 said: "saw the original broadway cast. saw the original VEGAS cast. saw it at New World Stages. what an incredible life this show has lived.



I wonder what the current line in "FOR NOW" is... can anyone enlighten me? trump related I hope."

It is and has been since the election.

 

[broadway.4me2]

I really want to see the last show! Website is still selling past April 28th for some reason

[Impossible2]

My first Broadway show, sad to see it go  

[fashionguru_23]

I've always thought that this is a show that I needed to revisit somewhere soon. When the first national tour came through my city, we got tickets, and found the show funny, but nothing overly special...although, I feel like my dad and I had too much of a high expectation because it beat out Wicked for the Tony, so there was preconceived opinions before hand that we didn't want to change our mind about.   

[Dallas Theatre Fan]

I wonder if they are going to go meta during "For Now" now.

This show is only for now! 

[raddersons]

Kinda crazy that I haven't seen a professional production of this show, considering it was the first show that made me obsessed with musical theater. Everyone was off obsessing over Wicked and I devoured the (burned and pirated) Avenue Q CD over and over and over.

Maybe it's time for me to make a visit to New World Stages.

[Wick3]

First saw this show when I was a senior in college.... then I recently saw it a year ago when I was 33 years old. What a run! I still remember summer of 2004 how crowded their in-person rush lottery was (ok not as crowded as Hamilton back in 2016 but for its time back then I thought it was super crowded!)

What a great run! 

[Tag]

What an impressive run, fueled by some of the smartest producing around. Congrats indeed. 

Seriously?  Their Vegas deal degraded so much potential for this show.

[emo_geek]

I heard rumors of a tour...I wonder if they'll tour after the close? 

[uncageg]

Tag said: "What an impressive run, fueled by some of the smartest producing around. Congrats indeed.

Seriously? Their Vegas deal degraded so much potential for this show."

Like, 15 years wasn't enough?! I don't think Vegas had an impact.

 

[haterobics]

Tag said: "Their Vegas deal degraded so much potential for this show."

How can that be true? Sounds like saying a movie degrading the book it adapted. The superior book still exists.

[bdn223]

haterobics said: "Tag said: "Their Vegas deal degraded so much potential for this show."

How can that be true? Sounds like saying a movie degrading the book it adapted. The superior book still exists."

I think Tag is more pointing to the last minute Vegas production in lieu of a tour was a financial disaster. Also it caused the show to now to be able until 4 years after its Broadway opening, which arguably is a lost financial opportunity. One thing you can't argue though is after the Vegas debacle Avenue Q's producers were on par with the Weisslers in terms of knowing to how milk a show every last penny. The one difference is that Avenue Q maintained its quality....

[haterobics]

bdn223 said: "I think Tag is more pointing to the last minute Vegas production in lieu of a tour was a financial disaster."

But after that occurred, it toured? I was paying far less attention to such things then (I must have been smarter at the time), but not sure how delaying a tour really impacts anything. Aside from the financial loss of the Vegas staging.

[Kad]

This was my first Broadway show, and I caught it at NWS a month ago or so, and was heartened by how well it held up, and how much life was still in it.